GRACE POE has it all
cut out for Pampanga.
Of the perennial problem
of flooding: “Ang solusyon ay dapat
magkaroon ng dam na 21,000 hectares (coverage?), dalawang catch basin, para naman ‘yong tubig galing sa matataas na
lugar, pupunta do’n at hindi makakabaha sa mga distrito dito at makakatulong pa
sa irigasyon.”
Yeah, the other bird hit
by the same stone is the farmers’ eternal summer woe – shortage of water for
irrigation. Swell.
The funds to make
the dam happen?
What’s P20 billion
from the national government savings of P600 billion. So said she, and, even
more significant, her presidency’s openness: “Kami ay
bukas sa mga ganitong uri ng proyekto na mararamdaman ng mga magsasaka, ng mga
residente [sa mabababang lugar].”
Why, to show that she had
done her Pampanga homework assiduously well, she has even asked local
government officials of right-of-way issues that could arise from the damming
project and was assured there was none.
In the Clark International
Airport, Poe finds a no-brainer, citing: a) five million overseas Filipino
contract workers in the airport’s catchment area of Central and Northern Luzon;
b) the decongestion of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport with the CIA’s
full operationalization, if only as an alternative airport, and its consequent
effect on Metro Manila traffic; c) the CIA’s extensive runways and expansive
spaces; d) the trade, tourism and employment opportunities a fully
operationalized CIA will effect in the region, among others.
Poe’s running mate Chiz Escudero duly – and dutifully –
seconding: ”Gagamitin natin bilang hub
ang Clark sa paglipad papunta sa ibat ibang parte ng bansa dahil dito walang
traffic at mas mabilis kaming makakauwi sa Quezon City kaysa mag-landing kami
sa NAIA na sobrang traffic at sobra pa rin ang traffic mula Pasay pabalik ng
Quezon City. Kami po siguro ang magiging unang ehemplo ng paglipad at paggamit
ng Clark ngayong darating na halalan at saka sa Clark wala pang Laglag Bala
scheme.”
Thus, among the first
priorities of a Poe presidency – a national policy declaring the CIA as one
premier gateway: “Kaya nga
sinasabi ko, sa aking panunungkulan sa Malacanang ang mga kuarto roon ay hindi
para sa meetings lamang. Kailangan may isang kuarto dun para sa infrastructure
development kasi po ang mga programang katulad nito sa Clark, ang pagkakaroon
ng railway system na konektado sa Metro Manila ay priority, sapagkat anim na
taon lang ang administrasyon ng isang pangulo na gusto ko within the first year
ay maumpisahan na ang implementasyon.”
All this and a
complementary railway to connect Subic, Clark and other cities in Central Luzon
with Metro Manila!
GRACE POE has it all cut out for political leadership.
"If we aim for the development of both country and
humanity, then we must have a leader who can deliver with a heart," she
told her audience of senior citizens Friday at the Benigno Aquino Hall in the
Capitol grounds.
Furthered Poe of her model: "A kind of mother's love
wherein no one will be left behind. All sectors will be included in development."
Not the least of which, the elderly who have given the best years of their
lives for love of family and country.
"Working
nanay 'ika nga. Kayang magtrabaho at kumalinga sa pamilya ng sabay," Poe citing
the clear advantage of her gender in leadership positions, in matters of state
and hearth.
And she, herself, finding the full definition in Gov. Lilia G.
Pineda: "Programa para sa senior
citizens, kababaihan, kabataan at maging mga katutubong Aeta dito sa Pampanga
ay kanyang natututukan…Hindi naman siguro magiging unopposed si Governor Nanay
kung hindi siya nagtatrabaho ng maayos at mahal ng mga Kapampangan.”
Poe could have struck there a most sympathetic chord with the
Gov, hoping it gets translated into the province’s way over one million votes.
Aye, it is in molding
herself in the Nanay template of
governance that Poe may just make it all the way to the Palace.
Assuming, of course, the Supreme Court successfully defusing the
legal landmines the Commission on Elections laid out along her path.
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